Summary
Front-end developer focused on scalable, design-minded experiences with React, Next.js 15 (App Router), and TypeScript. I build modular systems for applications, editorial portfolios, and CMS-driven sites, emphasizing clear UI structure, performance, accessibility, and scalable components. Experienced with content modeling, localization, and editor workflows in headless CMS setups.
Skills
Core:
- React,
- Next.js 15 (App Router),
- TypeScript,
- JavaScript (ES6+),
- HTML,
- CSS,
- Tailwind,
- shadcn/ui.
CMS & Content:
- Contentful,
- Lokalise,
- content modeling,
- component-based content,
- REST APIs.
Practices:
- Localization/i18n,
- SEO signals (canonical, hreflang, OG),
- responsive design,
- accessibility basics,
- Vercel,
- Git.
Work Experience
Front-end Developer - Pandera Systems
—June 2025 - Present
End-client under NDA (healthcare).
- Implemented EN/ES internationalization on a Next.js 15 (App Router) + Contentful site, enabling language-aware routes and matched content.
- Set up a clear translation process (export, translate, import) using Lokalise and Contentful; updated routing to support it and performed periodic localization QA on new/updated entries to keep locales in sync.
- Contributed UI and CMS improvements within the established codebase, aligning changes with existing patterns and constraints.
Impact: reached Spanish-speaking users and reduced manual CMS edits, enabling more consistent releases.
March 2025 – August 2025
Designed and developed a production portfolio with editorial layouts, responsive media galleries, and CMS-driven content.
- Built a Next.js 15 (App Router) + TypeScript + Tailwind front end with Contentful CMS, delivering responsive editorial layouts and interactive galleries.
- Implemented EN/FR support with language-aware routing and matched content across locales to keep pages in sync.
- Designed the Contentful content model (content types and references for works/exhibitions) to support reusable sections and simplify editor updates.
- Improved visibility by adding canonical URLs, locale-aware metadata/hreflang, Open Graph/Twitter tags, and an automated sitemap.
Impact: maintainable publishing flow for the artist and a cleaner search footprint across both languages.
April 2024 - June 2025
Built a one-page marketing website in React with a blog powered by Netlify (Decap) CMS for a cybersecurity startup.
- Designed CMS content structure (posts + metadata) and set up an editor workflow so non-technical contributors could publish without developer involvement.
- Created componentized sections (hero/content blocks/modals) for repeatable page patterns and easier iteration.
- Built branded newsletter flows using Substack to support audience growth and long-term engagement.
Impact: enabled self-serve publishing and consistent updates with minimal developer time. Implemented technical SEO basics (canonical URLs, metadata, sitemap) to ensure reliable indexing and branded discoverability.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Management Information Systems
2023 - 2026
Anadolu University
Key topics: Internet & Web Programming, User Experience Design, Information Technologies, Project Management.
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
2015 - 2020
Istanbul Technical University
Certification
The Front-end Developer Career Path Certification –
2023 - 2024
Completed a certification program developed with Mozilla MDN, covering: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+), React, APIs, web architecture, responsive design, UI fundamentals, and Git.